No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 295



I knew Herschel and Jacqueline treated me like their own. But ever since I stumbled upon that contract, a nagging doubt crept in every time I faced them. I wanted to get the doubt out of my mind. I wanted to love them openly and accept their love without reservations.

Lord chuckled, "Like father, like daughter."

His words stopped me cold. He had just claimed he couldn't remember my father. He was lying to me.

Why?

I caught my breath, my fingers digging into my palm.

Then, Lord scoffed lightly, "Herschel mentions him every chance he gets. How could I forget a man I only met twice over a decade ago?"

My throat tightened. "Herschel talks about my dad... why?"

a gesture. He walked to the floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the lush

I had no clue what Herschel might have said, and I

Lord by the window. "Herschel was

his gaze

out at

relaxing and refreshing. It reminded me of the expansive plains my parents took me to. Even though we weren't wealthy, they ensured we traveled every year. They avoided big cities, finding no

beauty of nature.

seas, and barren lands were vivid in my memory. The green lawn brought memories of

he'd take me to see the world's

Herschet and Jacqueline planned a trip. Traveling had become the deepest

dad, someone else

listened, holding

was foul play, I can't say, but it had nothing to do with Herschel,"

Asking more could cast a shadow between me and Herschel. Even though Lord was speaking, it felt like Herschel was